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Defending state baseball champion Bell City clobbers Gideon
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/16)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Bell City coach Justin Simpher wanted his baseball team to take full advantage of the opportunity of being the visiting team on the scoreboard in a Class 1 sectional against Gideon on Monday. "We had to be the visiting team today," said Simpher, whose Cubs were playing on their home field. "So the message was to take advantage of the chance to swing it first, put some runs up early and set the tone for the rest of the game."...
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Jackson Future Business Leaders Go Green Coloring Contest
(Submitted Story ~ 05/24/16)
This year, over 40 students of the Jackson Middle School participated in the 2016 Earth Day Coloring Contest sponsored by Jackson FBLA’s Amy Justis. Each entry was evaluated by our panel of prestige judges, Zach Zelinski, Amy Justis, Katelyn Fehr, and Braxton Gill. ...
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Foundation simplifies name as benefits to community grow
(Submitted Story ~ 05/24/16)
Sometimes, less is more. That was the feeling of the Board of Governors in voting recently to shorten the name of our region’s new public charitable foundation to the Cape Area Community Foundation. This doesn’t change the commitment to serving Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City. It just makes it easier to say and remember than the mouthful the board started with when it was founded last year...
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Seventh session of area World War II veterans held
(Submitted Story ~ 05/24/16)
The seventh session of area World War II veterans was held May 24, sharing memories of their war-time experiences at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Dr. Frank Nickell, retired history professor, questioned each participant with Jessica Cox, graduate assistant, filming as we went along. Catherine Allison organized the event with help of friend Shirley Young. The men from left to right are Larry Breeze and Harlan Holladay...
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SEMO Rebels 12U baseball qualifies for Little League World Series
(Submitted Story ~ 05/24/16)
Just days after Mayfield, Kentucky was hit by tornadoes, local youth headed to town with trunks full of baseball gear and donations. SEMO Rebels 12U is constructed of boys from Leopold, Advance, Delta, Marble Hill, Poplar Bluff, Oak Ridge, Jackson, and Cape. ...
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Lucchesi repeats, Bieser gets nod on lucrative OVC awards night for Southeast Missouri State baseball
(College Sports ~ 05/24/16)
The Redhawks had five first-team and two second-team all-conference selections.
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Jackson baseball is no-hit victim in season-ending loss to Lindbergh
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- For Lindbergh baseball coach Darin Scott, the performance from Dennis Yingling was the kind that signifies a team ready to make a postseason run. Yingling wrapped up his complete-game, no-hit bid when he got Jackson's Braeden Dobbs to strike out swinging for the final out in the bottom of the seventh, and the junior lefty was swarmed by teammates and doused in water as he secured the Flyers' 5-0 win over the Indians in a Class 5 sectional Tuesday at Lindbergh High School...
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Prosecutor: Waller's manuscript will be used as evidence
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
Clay Waller supposedly was working on a book, and information contained in that manuscript is part of the evidence in the federal prosecutor's case that charges Waller with crossing state lines when he assaulted and killed his wife, Jacque Waller. According to the indictment in the case, the manuscript by Clay Waller is titled, "'If You Take My Kids, I'll Kill You!': The Public Confession of Missouri's Most Notorious Wife Killers."...
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City cuts ribbon on new transfer station, sewer plant
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
Ribbon cuttings for the city of Cape Girardeau Public Works Department's new transfer station and wastewater treatment plant took place on Monday morning. Cape Girardeau mayor Harry Rediger, city manager Scott Meyer and public works director Steve Cook made remarks at both facilities, constructed as part of an effort to comply with new regulations from the Department of Natural Resources...
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Clay Waller faces federal charge in wife Jacque's murder
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
When Clay Waller was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison, minus time served while waiting for trial, no one affiliated with the victim was particularly happy about it. A binding deal had been struck, with Jacque Waller's family's consent, that charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence would be reduced to second-degree murder. ...
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Cape businessman Martin Hecht remembered for faith, generosity
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
Cape Girardeau businessman and philanthropist Martin Hecht died Friday at his home in Palm Springs, California, surrounded by family, leaving a legacy of community leadership and generosity. In addition to running Hecht's clothing store in downtown Cape Girardeau, Hecht also served for about a decade on Southeast Missouri State University's board of regents and Southeast Hospital's board of directors...
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Chaffee siblings train with 2016 U.S. Olympian
(Submitted Story ~ 05/24/16)
Three Chaffee siblings recently attended The Next Level Taekwondo National Training Camp in Lenexa, KS the weekend of May 20-22. The camp was led by U.S. National Team coaches Sherman Nelson Jr. of Washington D.C. and Jason Poos of Oklahoma. Also, on hand was 2016 United States Olympian Stephen Lambdin. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
Today is Tuesday, May 24, the 145th day of 2016. There are 221 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message "What hath God wrought" from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America's first telegraph line...
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Help local children through volunteer opportunity
(Editorial ~ 05/24/16)
Foster care is a lifesaver for many children. It provides the familial environment and emotional stability they need. Voices for Children/CASA is seeking volunteers for its Fostering Futures program, designed to provide support for children who are aging out of the system...
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Many Vietnam vets back lifting of arms embargo
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
CHICAGO -- The way Terry Neilen sees it, lifting the ban on U.S. arms sales to Vietnam makes sense in the face of China's growing influence in the region. Fellow Vietnam veteran Ned Foote said Americans long ago forgave Germany and Japan for World War II, so there's no reason not to do the same with Vietnam...
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Officer cleared of charges in Freddie Gray case
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
BALTIMORE -- Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray when an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year ago. A judge cleared officer Edward Nero of assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct, concluding Nero played little role in Gray's arrest and wasn't responsible for the failure to buckle the black man into the police van where he suffered a broken neck...
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Sanders: Democratic convention could be 'messy'
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Bernie Sanders predicted Monday the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be "messy" as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added, "Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle." The Democratic presidential candidate said his supporters hoped to see a platform at the July convention that reflects the needs of working families, the poor and young people as opposed to one that represents Wall Street and corporate America...
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Court hears woman's appeal of feticide conviction
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana appeals court judges grilled an attorney for the state Monday over whether there was evidence a woman found guilty of neglect and feticide in a self-induced abortion knew she had given birth to a live child. During a hearing on Purvi Patel's bid to have her convictions thrown out, Judge L. Mark Bailey asked whether evidence at trial showed the 35-year-old northern Indiana woman knew she had delivered a live, premature child that would need immediate medical care...
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Patricia Coyne
(Obituary ~ 05/24/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Patricia D. "Trish" Coyne, 48, of Perryville died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue at the funeral home on Friday from 6:30 a.m. until the service time at 11 a.m...
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Chewbacca Mom's laugh draws more than 137M views
(Entertainment ~ 05/24/16)
NEW YORK -- Before last week, Candace Payne's infectious laugh was known only to her close friends and family. After she went into hysterics donning a toy Chewbacca mask in a video she posted online, more than 137 million viewers know it, too. Payne went live on Facebook from her car in a Texas parking lot after buying the mask Thursday...
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Cathy Clippard
(Obituary ~ 05/24/16)
Catherine "Cathy" Clippard, 74, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, May 23, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow at 7 p.m. at the funeral home...
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Elderly schedule talks once labeled 'death panels'
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The doctor got down to business after Herbert Diamond bounded in. A single green form before her, she had some questions for the agile 88-year-old: about comas and ventilators, about feeding tubes and CPR, about intense and irreversible suffering...
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Clinton email probe winding down
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- FBI agents probing whether Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server imperiled government secrets appear close to completing their work, a process experts say likely will culminate in a sit-down with the former secretary of state...
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Iraqi leader cites early success in push to retake Fallujah
(International News ~ 05/24/16)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister hailed "big successes" Monday by government troops after launching an offensive to retake Fallujah from Islamic State militants, but the operation promises to be one of the toughest challenges yet for the country's struggling security forces...
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Shirley Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 05/24/16)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Shirley Ann Mayberry, age 77, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 17, 1938, at Perryville, Missouri, daughter of Lester B. and Nellie J. Ruessler Wilfong. She and Dorman Mayberry were united in marriage on July 28, 1956...
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Charles Green
(Obituary ~ 05/24/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles W. L. Green, 80, of Advance passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. He was born March 26, 1936, in Port Angeles, Washington, son of Charles Lloyd and Emily Bertha Winey Green...
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Veteran seeks asylum for Iraqi man who saved his life
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
LOS ANGELES -- After three military combat tours in war-torn Iraq, Chase Millsap returned home to get on with a civilian life. But there was one thing he couldn't do: leave a comrade behind, not one who had saved his life. Especially not the former Iraqi military officer who had worked with the Americans and was living a precarious existence as a refugee dodging Islamic State militants seeking to kill him...
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Murder trial for 'Shield' actor begins in Los Angeles
(Entertainment ~ 05/24/16)
LOS ANGELES -- A murder trial began Monday for an actor who played a police officer on TV and is accused of shooting and killing his wife while their young children looked on two years ago in their Los Angeles home. The trial of 53-year-old Michael Jace, who appeared on the FX series "The Shield," promises to explore unanswered questions about what led to the killing...
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Senator says sex-case files show 'troubling command culture'
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. senator is stepping up her criticism of the Pentagon's campaign to end sexual assaults, alleging in a report released Monday that a "troubling command culture" seems to favor closing cases over pursuing justice and leaves victims vulnerable to retaliation...
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Out of the past: May 24
(Out of the Past ~ 05/24/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A third-generation Silver Beaver Award was bestowed on Cape Girardeau attorney John L. Oliver Jr., at the Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council annual awards dinner last night; the award is the highest honor that a Boy Scout council can award an adult volunteer...
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Luis Villanueva
(Obituary ~ 05/24/16)
Luis Francisco Villaneuva, 56, of Jackson died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at his home in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home at Jackson.
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Obama lifts decades-old arms ban in first visit to Vietnam
(International News ~ 05/24/16)
HANOI, Vietnam -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region he has tried to place at the center of his foreign policy legacy...
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Supreme Court overturns all-white verdict, death sentence
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday upended the conviction and death sentence of a black Georgia man because prosecutors violated the Constitution by excluding African-Americans from the all-white jury that determined his fate. The 7-1 ruling in favor of death-row inmate Timothy Tyrone Foster came in a case in which defense lawyers obtained strikingly frank notes from prosecutors detailing efforts to keep African-Americans off Foster's jury...
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Most House GOP women in tough races biding time on Trump
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- Before deciding whether she'll vote for Donald Trump, Martha McSally said she'll spend time "determining what kind of man he is." Mia Love says some comments by the presumptive Republican presidential candidate need "some sort of explanation," while Renee Ellmers backs him because he's "a problem solver."...
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Ferguson seeks another tax hike to make up lost revenue
(State News ~ 05/24/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Ferguson city leaders, struggling to balance a budget decimated by fallout from the unrest that followed the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown will ask voters in August for a second tax increase, Mayor James Knowles III said Monday...
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Missouri GOP panel backs closed primaries
(State News ~ 05/24/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Only voters registered with a party could vote in Missouri primaries under a policy change some state Republicans want to see adopted. The proposal for closed primaries gained momentum last week after Missouri Republican State Committee members in a voice vote backed the potential switch. But such a change would need to pass the Legislature after the 2017 session begins in January...
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Germany's Bayer offers $62 billion for Monsanto
(State News ~ 05/24/16)
BERLIN -- German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG announced Monday it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto. The proposed combination would create a giant seed and farm-chemical company with a strong presence in the U.S., Europe and Asia...
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Lucchesi earns OVC, national pitching honors for Southeast Missouri State baseball
(College Sports ~ 05/24/16)
The accolades continue to roll in for Southeast Missouri State's Joey Lucchesi. The senior lefty was named the Ohio Valley Conference's Pitcher of the Week and a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Monday. It's the third time this season that he's garnered both honors...
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Cape teachers get a raise in base salary
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
As anticipated, teachers in the Cape Girardeau School District will receive a larger base salary beginning next school year. "I think this is something the board has been in favor of, and I'm glad to see us do it," school board vice president Adrian Toole said...
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Three men of interest named in homicide near Ranney Park
(Local News ~ 05/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad is seeking the public's help finding three men of interest in relation to the homicide of Domorlo McCaster. Police have identified Michael "Fresh" Anderson, Rodney Smith and Brian Jackson, all of Cape Girardeau, of having information about McCaster's killing...
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Sharks push Blues to brink of elimination with road win in Game 5
(Professional Sports ~ 05/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- All the time Joe Pavelski has spent practicing his stick work has paid off big for the San Jose Sharks. And the Sharks captain has his team on the brink of their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final. "You think back to some of the best scorers ever, his ability to get his stick on pucks in front of the net from different angles is as good as anybody I've ever seen," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "His biggest asset is he works at it."...
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Grichuck's walk-off HR beats Cubs in series opener
(Professional Sports ~ 05/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Randal Grichuk told reporters Monday afternoon that his sore back was OK. A few hours later, Grichuk proved it with his first career walk-off home run. Grichuk's solo homer in the bottom of the ninth lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs...
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Decades after death in WWII, a son of New Orleans comes home
(National News ~ 05/24/16)
NEW ORLEANS -- More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating finally came home to his native New Orleans after his remains were discovered on the Pacific island where he died in 1942. It's a journey long in the making...
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Speak Out 5/24/16
(Speak Out ~ 05/24/16)
In his column last week, Mike Jensen lamented that when confronted with "facts" and "logic" the left reverts to name calling, following that assertion by giving some examples of what he meant, examples that need to be delved into. Such as, if you disagree with the 97 percent of scientists who believe in man-made climate change, you are by definition of the word someone who is a denier about a truth. ...
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This is what matters
(Column ~ 05/24/16)
I'm a politics and news junkie. Like a sponge, I soak it all up. I discuss it, write about it, live it. Even if I wanted to get away from it, it's impossible for any length of time; as a copy editor for a major politics and news website, I can't help but digest this stuff. ...
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Prayer 5/24/16
(Prayer ~ 05/24/16)
For all who rely upon the compassion of others, we pray to you, O God. Amen.
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Public safety a priority
(Column ~ 05/24/16)
This month I want to address some of my personal observations concerning public safety within our community. Do we live in a safe community? Are we as a staff and council devoted to making public safety a priority? Do we give public safety adequate resources?...
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